Vol. 22 No. 1 (2021): CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

POLITICS AND ECONOMICS

• Kanat Massabayev, Dinara Dauen, Nurlan Seidin, Bolatbek Batyrkhan. THE MAIN VECTORS OF GLOBALIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF CHINA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM

• Julia Harlamova. CHINA: GEO-ECONOMIC SCENARIO IN CENTRAL ASIA

• Farrukh Usmonov, Fumiaki Inagaki. UNDERSTANDING JAPANESE SOFT POWER POLICY AND ITS FEATURE IN CENTRAL ASIA

• Raikhan Zhanbulatova, Gulnar Andirzhanova, Miras Zhiyenbayev. KAZAKHSTAN’S “ENERGY PLURALISM”: LONGSTANDING AND NEW RISKS

ETHNIC RELATIONS AND MIGRATION

• Sergey Ryazantsev, Elena Pismennaya, Maria Apanovich, Dzerassa Dzusova. SOUTH CAUCASIAN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN RUSSIA: SPECIFICS OF FORMATION AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR HOMELANDS

• Irina Babich. ADAPTATION OF SOUTH CAUCASIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MODERN-DAY SWITZERLAND

• Victoria Galyapina, Zarina Lepshokova, Irina Molodikova. INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS IN DAGESTAN: THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED SECURITY, INTERCULTURAL CONTACTS, AND MUTUAL ACCULTURATION

RELIGION IN SOCIETY

• Aigerim Temirbayeva, Talgat Temirbayev, Ruziya Kamarova, Kenshilik Tyshkhan. SUFI PRACTICES IN CONTEMPORARY KAZAKHSTAN: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

• Damira Sikhimbayeva, Lesken Shyngysbayev, Inkar Nurmoldina. FOUNDATIONS OF SECULARITY: GLOBAL EXPERIENCE AND KAZAKHSTAN

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

• Nartsiss Shukuralieva, Artur Lipiński. ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM IN CENTRAL ASIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

• Gulden Karimova, Serik Seydumanov, Olga Kutsenko. FEMALE ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITS: MIGRATION AND VALUES, NEEDS AND IMAGES